1. Grand Ayatollah Mujaddid Mirza Abu Muhammad Mu'iz al-Din Muhammad Hassan Husayni Shirazi, better simply known as Mirza Shirazi, was an Iranian Shia marja'.
17 Facts About Mirza Shirazi
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Mirza Shirazi is dubbed as the mujaddid of the 13th century of the Islamic era by Shias.
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Mirza Shirazi's father was Mirza Mahmud Shirazi, and his mother was Khanum Musawi.
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Mirza Shirazi began his religious education at the age of four, and completed his introductory studies by the time he was eight years old.
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Mirza Shirazi began his advanced classes in jurisprudence and methodology in the seminary of Shiraz.
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Mirza Shirazi studied at the religious seminary in Isfahan beginning in 1832, and was granted ijtihad in 1835.
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Mirza Shirazi then moved to Najaf in 1845, and studied under many senior scholars including Sheikh Muhammad-Ibrahim al-Karbassi, Sayyid Sadr al-Din al-Ameli, Sayyid Hassan al-Mudarris and Sheikh Muhammad-Hassan Najafi.
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Mirza Shirazi studied for a short while under Sayyid Ibrahim al-Qazwini, author of al-Dhawabit.
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Mirza Shirazi was considered the leading marja' of the Shia world, especially in Persia.
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The protest started with Mirza Shirazi sending a telegram to Naser al-Din Shah, the Qajar king of Persiaon, on July 26,1891, protesting the granting of the tobacco monopoly.
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Mirza Shirazi was left with no reply; however, the Shah sent his ambassador in Iraq to Mirza Shirazi to try to persuade him to abandon his motive, and that the deal was beneficial to the nation.
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Mirza Shirazi's protest allowed Shiism to become more popular in Samarra.
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Mirza Shirazi tried to use this advantage to strengthen ties between the Shias and Sunnis.
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Mirza Shirazi's great-granddaughter is married to the current grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Sistani.
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Mirza Shirazi was then taken to Najaf to be buried in the Imam Ali Shrine.
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Mirza Shirazi produced a large number of prominent students that proved to be great scholars of the age, and had a huge impact on the dissemination of the Islamic sciences.
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Mirza Shirazi only had a few writings on the works of his mentor, Ansari.